208 - 4 More Years - 4 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins

208 - 4 More Years - 4 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins

Please join us for our special 4 year anniversary of Manga Machinations! We've asked our friend Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy store and podcast to join us as we talk about the comics industry through a retail store and learn how manga is sold!

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, tropical storms
  • 00:04:34 - Update on our podcast feed and re-uploaded episodes
  • 00:05:42 - Listener Emails: Announcing our next Retrospective review
  • 00:09:05 - dakazu read the end of Dorohedoro, we discuss other ongoing decade-long comics and manga projects
  • 00:13:13 - We talk about our preference for physical or digital media, comparing web manga sites to their Western equivalents
  • 00:23:23 - Main Segment Comics & Manga sales: Transition Song: "Don't Make Me Wild Like You" by Etsuko Nishio from Ranma ½, Ryan recaps his history that lead him to be the owner of Comics Conspiracy, Ryan talks about the single issue sales of Ranma ½
  • 00:27:56 - We discuss what we think caused the recent resurgence of the manga market
  • 00:33:10 - Round table discussion about manga/anime piracy linked to early days of fan translations compared to modern options
  • 00:38:52 - Ryan tells us why he only carries the 1st volume of most manga, he explains the importance of pre-ordering for retail stores
  • 00:49:45 - Banpresto figures sell really well, Ryan looks at newsletters and forums for his manga suggestions
  • 00:54:13 - darfox wants to know why Ryan stocked My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, Dragon Ball is the best selling manga franchise for Ryan
  • 00:59:46 - we love it when more unknown manga find success
  • 01:02:56 - darfox wonders if the Western success of One Punch Man and My Hero Academia is linked to their superhero themes
  • 01:08:39 - Ryan weighs in the rise of digital comics/manga releases and what it means for physical retailers like him
  • 01:13:49 - Listener Questions: Ryan recommends some independent comics and horror comics
  • 01:18:59 - A quick synopsis of the Comics Conspiracy podcast
  • 01:22:58 - Ryan want to know why light novel titles are so damn long
  • 01:33:36 - darfox asks Ryan about Tom King's The Vision
  • 01:40:28 - Next Week's Topic: Seamus on Seinen, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Episoder(570)

122 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 6

122 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 6

This week Seamus notices the occasional food chapter in Golden Kamuy and March comes in like a lion while dakazu finally understands to origins of 3 yakuza minions who are transformed into teen idols in Back Street Girls! Then it's time to continue our Phoenix retrospective where we discuss everything from edited versions to our thoughts on Osamu Tezuka as a mangaka!!!(covers volume 6-Nostalgia)

23 Jan 20171h 6min

121 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 5

121 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 5

On this episode dakazu checks out real life taxi driver confessions in Yoake no Taxi Driver, darfox is upset with Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation changing his favorite girl, we discuss Amazon Prime's new exclusive anime channel, and talk about Junji Ito's influence in the West with a new horror game called World of Horror! Then we dive into more Phoenix with some interesting nonlinear narrative!!!(covers volume 5-Resurrection)

16 Jan 201744min

120 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 4

120 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 4

On this episode Seamus finally finishes Revolutionary Girl Utena and Mob Psycho 100, darfox starts Showa: A History of Japan, and dakazu watches Yuri!!! on Ice with his wife while checking out CANDY SAMURAI WARS! and Becchin to Mandara! Then we finally get back to our retrospective review of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix by discussing his most critically acclaimed volume!!!(covers volume 4-Karma)

9 Jan 201757min

119 - Triple Dip 19 - Fire Punch, Angel Densetsu, Reincarnation no Kaben

119 - Triple Dip 19 - Fire Punch, Angel Densetsu, Reincarnation no Kaben

Happy 2017! We celebrate the new year with an extensive discussion about Yuri!!! on Ice to try and break down what the show represent within themes of LGBT. Then dakazu introduces a manga about the actor who brought Zatoichi to life in Japan, Katsushin - Samishigariya no Tensai. Finally, we check out 3 new manga for our Triple Dip section: Angel Densetsu, Reincarnation no Kaben, and Fire Punch!!!

2 Jan 20171h 17min

118 - 2016 Year End Review

118 - 2016 Year End Review

Happy Holidays! This week dakazu checks out another female relationship compilation called mon*mon and he kinda digs the mashup of famous historical figures with generic battles in Reincarnation no Kaben! Then we list off the top manga and anime that we enjoyed(and hated) since our last review and recap our favorites from this past year!!!

26 Des 20161h 6min

117 - Manga in Motion 12 - Summer Wars

117 - Manga in Motion 12 - Summer Wars

This week dakazu checks out the sequel series to Sanzoku Diary called Sanzoku Diary SS, apprehensively checks out a collection of relationships stories by Bunny Drop manga artist Yumi Unita called Toridori Renka, and Seamus likes Yuri!!! on Ice a lot! Then we discuss Mamoru Hosoda's 2009 anime movie Summer Wars!!!

19 Des 201656min

116 - dakazu diversions 3 - Morning Magazine, Afternoon Magazine, Evening Magazine, Young Magazine

116 - dakazu diversions 3 - Morning Magazine, Afternoon Magazine, Evening Magazine, Young Magazine

Seamus and darfox are out again so it's up to dakazu to tell you all about more manga he's reading! This week, he'll be running down manga from Kodansha's seinen magazines: Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Young Magazine!!!

12 Des 201649min

115 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 3

115 - Tezuka Osamu's Phoenix part 3

On this episode dakazu talks about one of the earliest video game manga with everything from Satan to Swastikas, Game Center Arashi! He also loves the new bleak and violent post-apocalyptic revenge tale of a man on fire(literally), Fire Punch! Then we jump into another volume of Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix and talk about one of our favorite tales of the immortal bird!!!(covers volume 3-Yamato/Space)

5 Des 201643min

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